Peer Review: The Worst Way to Judge Research, Except for All the Others
A look at the system's weaknesses, and possible ways to combat them.
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Tim Berners-Lee Launches Campaign to Save the Web from Abuse
A 'Magna Carta for the web' will protect people's rights online from threats such as fake news, prejudice and hate, says founder of the internet.
Silicon Valley's Breakthrough Prizes Have Money, but They Need Diversity Too
The tech-funded science awards are attempting to bring glory to basic research, but so far they have done little to challenge the status quo.
UKRI Chair Promises 'radical' Approach to Tackling Harassment
Sir John Kingman hints that research councils could withhold funding in cases where universities do not address unfair treatment of staff.
Jeff Havig Explaining the Timeline for a Typical Academic Tenure Track Hire to Someone Not in Academia
Jeff Havig Explaining the Timeline for a Typical Academic Tenure Track Hire to Someone Not in Academia
Jeff Havig was explaining the timeline for a typical academic tenure track hire to someone not in academia the other day, and they were completely flabbergasted, so here it is for those that are unfamiliar. This is specifically for an R1 institution. Others may deviate significantly.
The Growing, High-stakes Audit Culture Within the Academy Has Brought About a Different Kind of Publishing Crisis
The Growing, High-stakes Audit Culture Within the Academy Has Brought About a Different Kind of Publishing Crisis
The spate of high-profile cases of fraudulent publications has revealed a widening replication, or outright deception, crisis in the social sciences. To Marc Spooner, researchers “cooking up” findings and the deliberate faking of science is a result of extreme pressures to publish, brought about by an increasingly pervasive audit culture within the academy.
Some Thoughts on Gender and Science/Technology Magazines
I counted women and men in a bunch of magazine issues, made some graphs… and then got stuck. I wanted to tell people about these numbers, but how could I explain them? Did they actually show anything that wasn’t already obvious?
Wellcome and Gates Join Bold European Open-access Plan
The Wellcome Trust has also announced how it will implement the plan, which could provide a blueprint for others.
Two Major Funders to Bar Grantees from Publishing in Hybrid Journals
The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation join Plan S initiative.
ISP Punishes Elsevier for Forcing It to Block Sci-Hub by Also Blocking Elsevier
The Swedish ISP Bahnhof has a strong historic commitment to free speech, so when the notoriously corrupt science publishing giant Elsevier sought to force the ISP to censor connections to the open access site Sci-Hub, the ISP went to court to resist the order.
It Needs to Look More Like Society
Scientists who team up with the public to conduct research need to do a better job of including all segments of society.
US Suspends Program Allowing Graduate Fellows to Study Abroad
US Suspends Program Allowing Graduate Fellows to Study Abroad
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has halted a program that each year allows hundreds of the nation’s best graduate students to work with experts in another country.
We Have to Save the Planet. So I'm Donating $1 Billion.
Swiss native Hansjörg Wyss will give $1 Billion over the next decade to help accelerate land and ocean conservation around the world.
A Huge Database of Scientific Retractions is Live
The site shows more and more studies are being pulled from the scientific record.
Why Jupyter is Data Scientists' Computational Notebook of Choice
An improved architecture and enthusiastic user base are driving uptake of the open-source web tool.
ELife Backs Plaudit for Open Sharing of Research Recommendations
A collaboration between non-profits eLife, Flockademic and the Center for Open Science aims to make open endorsements of research content possible across platforms.
Billion-euro Quantum Flagship Hands out First Grants
Funding could help quantum technology gain commercial footholds in Europe.
ETH Zurich Starts Process to Dismiss Professor Accused of Bullying Students
ETH Zurich Starts Process to Dismiss Professor Accused of Bullying Students
Swiss university shut down astronomy institute last year where accused professor worked.
Good Practices in Mission-oriented Innovation Strategies and Their Implementation
Good Practices in Mission-oriented Innovation Strategies and Their Implementation
Modern innovation policies should target in equal measure both economic competitiveness and societal progress. They should be informed by ambitious, overarching principles-based strategies that enable us to formulate specific political goals, or missions. We also need governance structures that allow for the agile, participatory and inclusive implementation of innovation policy measures. Presenting good examples of such strategies and structures, this study examines what these examples have to offer in terms of lessons learned.
OpenAIRE Becomes a Fully Fledged Organisation
OpenAIRE is happy to announce today the formation of its legal entity, OpenAIRE A.M.K.Ε., a non-profit partnership, to ensure a permanent presence and structure for a European-wide national policy and open scholarly communication infrastructure.
Why Private Equity Is Furious Over a Paper in a Dermatology Journal
Why Private Equity Is Furious Over a Paper in a Dermatology Journal
The sudden, unexplained removal of a research paper on private equity firms buying dermatology practices has raised questions about corporate influence.
Rethinking Retractions
The largest-ever database of retracted articles suggests the burgeoning numbers reflect better oversight, not a crisis in science.
One Publisher, More Than 7000 Retractions
Thousands of abstracts of conference presentations, most by authors in China, were declared flawed.
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